Place Names

[Willd]

brōc (Old English) A brook, a stream. (Used of a stream with a muddy bed and a visible sediment load.)

& to prove there is actually some water in the Withy Brook:

It does actually flood the road occasionally in Winter.

Not so common & I've only found 11 so far

 

[raleighnut]

brōc (Old English) A brook, a stream. (Used of a stream with a muddy bed and a visible sediment load.)
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& to prove there is actually some water in the Withy Brook:

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It does actually flood the road occasionally in Winter.

Not so common & I've only found 11 so far

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Brooksby

 

[Alex321]

brōc (Old English) A brook, a stream. (Used of a stream with a muddy bed and a visible sediment load.)
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& to prove there is actually some water in the Withy Brook:

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It does actually flood the road occasionally in Winter.

Not so common & I've only found 11 so far

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Couldn't that go in the strange road signs as well - Please drive slowly immediately above a 50 roundel

 

[Willd]

Yeah it's a bit odd, basically carry on at 50 until you get to the end of the straight and a sharp bend where it goes down to 30...

 

[Willd]

What's it worth?

worth - a defined possession or estate, enclosed land

Went through 4 in a row yesterday

 

[Willd]

thorpe - variant of the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village

23 so far

 

[raleighnut]

thorpe - variant of the Middle English word thorp, meaning hamlet or small village
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There's also Lubbesthorpe although the village has gone and there's only a half dozen or so farms it led to the 'new build' estate near 'The Meridian' business park being called Thorpe Astley and now Blaby council in conjunction with the land owners (the Drummond family) are building New Lubbesthorpe by selling parcels of land off to private developers

 

[Willd]

I have actually been through New Lubbesthorpe, but my OS Leicester map is that old it's not on there I'll add it to my list

 

[Willd]

grēne (Old English) Green, grass-grown.

Gosford Green, Coventry

 

[Willd]

Magna / Parva - Latin big / small

Also went through Harborough Magna and Parva

Tally so far:

 

[Dogtrousers]

Pretty sure there's a Midsomer Magna and a Midsomer Parva. But I wouldn't recommend visiting them if you value your life.

 

[raleighnut]

Magna / Parva - Latin big / small
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Also went through Harborough Magna and Parva

Tally so far:

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There's also a Wigston Magna although it is commonly referred to as just Wigston by people these days

 

[Willd]

There's also a Wigston Magna although it is commonly referred to as just Wigston by people these days

Even the OS are hedging their bets, I've been along the B582 and then Newton Lane, so I wasn't sure if I'd been through "Wigston Magna" or not

 

[raleighnut]

Even the OS are hedging their bets, I've been along the B582 and then Newton Lane, so I wasn't sure if I'd been through "Wigston Magna" or not

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Maz is from Wigston, now so big it has 5 names, Wigston Harcourt is the posh bit.
I'm from a bit earlier on the B582..........Enderby

 

[robjh]

Magna / Parva - Latin big / small
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Also went through Harborough Magna and Parva

Tally so far:

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use of the Latin suffixes Magna/Parva for larger and smaller pairs of villages seems a very regional thing, with a large cluster in Leicestershire, and some other areas like Dorset. In many parts of the country Great/Little are used for the same thing, eg. here around Cambridge we have Great and Little Abington, Chesterford, Thurlow and many others. In a few places such as Cornwall they occur as Major/Minor. Some parts of the country seem not to have any of these pairs at all, others are chock full of them.